[hollerith]

I'm doubtful of this idea that the reason the CEO of Anthropic says that AI could end the world is because he "stands to gain huge" by saying it.

If he is willing to lie to give his corporation some advantage, he couldn't come up with a lie that would sound less absurd and outlandish to the average decision-maker, who doesn't have much time to learn about this particular technology?

It is more likely in my eyes that he says it because he genuinely worries about AI extinction risk -- like many people do who've studied the technology for a long time.